Thermal management system
AssigneeAdvanced Cooling Technologies, Inc.
InventorsCalin Tarau, Kuan-Lin Lee, William Anderson
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Abstract
A thermal management system adapted to vent a two-phase working fluid into an environment having a higher pressure than a vapor pressure of a working fluid corresponding to a set point of the system including a secondary vessel containing a secondary species. The system includes a primary vessel containing the working fluid and the secondary species, and at least one valve to selectively control venting of a mixture of the working fluid and the secondary species from the primary vessel to the environment. The system includes at least one valve connected between the primary vessel and the secondary vessel to selectively control charging of the secondary species into the primary vessel.
Claims20
A thermal management system adapted to vent a working fluid into an environment having a higher pressure than a vapor pressure of the working fluid corresponding to a set point of the system comprising:
- a secondary vessel containing a secondary species;
- a primary vessel containing the working fluid and the secondary species;
- at least one valve to selectively control venting of a mixture of the working fluid and the secondary species from the primary vessel to the environment;
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- at least one valve connected between the primary vessel and the secondary vessel to selectively control charging of the secondary species into the primary vessel;
- wherein the secondary species is taken from the group consisting of an ideal gas, a saturated vapor, a superheated vapor, and a second saturated gas/liquid mixture, each secondary species having a higher pressure than a pressure of a liquid phase of the working fluid in the primary vessel.
A thermal management system adapted to vent a working fluid into an environment having a higher pressure than a vapor pressure of the working fluid corresponding to a set point of the system comprising:
- a secondary vessel containing a secondary species;
- a primary vessel containing the working fluid and the secondary species;
- at least one valve to selectively control venting of a mixture of the working fluid and the secondary species from the primary vessel to the environment;
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- at least one valve connected between the primary vessel and the secondary vessel to selectively control charging of the secondary species into the primary vessel;
- wherein the primary vessel and the secondary vessel act as heat sinks by acquiring heat from heat sources.
A thermal management system adapted to vent a working fluid into an environment having a higher pressure than a vapor pressure of the working fluid corresponding to a set point of the system comprising:
- a secondary vessel containing a secondary species;
- a primary vessel containing the working fluid and the secondary species;
- at least one valve to selectively control venting of a mixture of the working fluid and the secondary species from the primary vessel to the environment;
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- at least one valve connected between the primary vessel and the secondary vessel to selectively control charging of the secondary species into the primary vessel;
- wherein a gas/vapor phase distribution of the mixture of the working fluid and the secondary species within the primary vessel is uniform.
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